Measurement of soil bulk density is important for understanding the physical, chemical, and
biological properties of soil. Accurate and rapid soil bulk density measurement techniques …

The gamma ray attenuation method (GAM) has been used with success in soil science since
the fifties of the last century. Several soil properties can be measured directly or indirectly in …

The representative elementary volume (REV) is related to the minimum size of a sample that
is necessary for representative measurements of a property. The REV is frequently …

Among other driving forces, climate change may lead to significant modifications of soil
properties through variations of the intensity and dynamics of a number of soil processes …

Nowadays, land reclamation by dredged soil has become an effective solution to the
growing demand for land resources in coastal areas. However, the widespread dredger fill …

Biological soil crusts (biocrusts) are mixed communities of cyanobacteria, lichens and
mosses in different ratios, contributing to important ecological functions in arid and semiarid …

Understanding the movement and alteration of carbon and nitrogen elements in soil is
crucial for addressing ecological restoration in coal mining subsidence areas. However, the …

The study of radiation interaction parameters in complex materials (eg, soils) has gained
great importance in the last decades. However, few studies have directly addressed in detail …

Soil bulk density (BD) serves as a crucial physical property for characterizing soils and
assessing the quality of their management systems. Various methods, including the Core …

This research describes the automation of the widely used volumetric cylinder (VC)
technique to measure bulk density. The VC technique suffers from several major drawbacks …